Electrical Engineering

Electrical engineering is concerned with all phases and development of the transmission and utilization of electric energy and intelligence. From communication systems to electronic components that run computers and motor vehicles, electrical engineers design products and systems that meet the needs of today and tomorrow's electrical and electronic systems.

Overview

While it is essential that electrical engineers understand the fundamentals of their chosen fields, they must also understand the role that other branches of engineering play in completed work. The curriculum provides a foundation in basic engineering as well as depth and breadth in electrical engineering and sufficient electives to allow specialization in academic areas including:

Electronic Devices and Circuits

Electromagnetics, Power and Photonics

Computers, Communications and Systems and Controls

The curriculum also prepares an engineer for professional licensure.

The department's extensive laboratory facilities and varied research programs assist in both experimental and theoretical approaches to electrical and computer engineering.

Admission Requirements

It is the department's policy to admit the best-qualified students as demonstrated by academic achievement.

To be admitted, a student must have an overall 2.5 grade point average in critical tracking courses, based on the first two attempts in eight professional courses and have earned a minimum grade of C in each course of Calculus 1, Calculus 2, Calculus 3, Physics with Calculus 1, Physics with Calculus 2, Differential Equations and General Chemistry. Only the first two attempts (including withdrawals) in each course will be considered for admission to or retention in the department.

Department Requirements

A minimum grade of C is required in any course transferred into the junior-senior years from another institution.

Courses marked below with a ♦ must be completed with minimum grade of C. For a course to be used as a prerequisite for an EEE/EEL-prefixed course, a minimum grade of C is required in the prerequisite course. Any 3000/4000 level EEL/EEE-prefixed course not taken to satisfy the breadth or depth requirement can be applied as EE technical elective, excluding EEL 3003, which does not apply toward degree requirements.

ECE majors must have an overall 2.0 GPA in all ECE courses to meet degree requirements.

A student must complete both EEL 3111C and EEL 3701C before taking any 4000-level EEE or EEL course.

Any course taken to satisfy a degree requirement (general education, required course or technical elective), with the exception of EEL 4948 and 4949, cannot be taken S-U.

An electrical engineering student whose cumulative, upper-division or department grade point average falls below 2.0 or whose pre-professional grades do not meet department admission requirements will be placed on academic probation and be required to prepare a probation contract with an ECE academic advisor. If a student is not making normal academic progress, he or she will be placed on academic probation.

Students normally are given two terms in which to remove their deficit points. Students who do not satisfy the conditions of the first term of probation may be dismissed from the department.

All graduating seniors must complete an exit interview with their advisor before graduating.

Goals

The baccalaureate program prepares students to embark upon professional careers in electrical and computer engineering or to begin graduate study. The department's educational objectives are consistent with the ABET general criteria for accrediting programs in engineering in the United States.

Mission

The department offers undergraduate and graduate programs in electrical and computer engineering and conducts research to serve the needs of Florida and the nation.

Semester 5

Model Semester Plan

To remain on track, students must complete the appropriate critical-tracking courses, which appear in bold. These courses must be completed by the terms as listed above in the Critical Tracking criteria.

This semester plan represents an example progression through the major. Actual courses and course order may be different depending on the student's academic record and scheduling availability of courses. Prerequisites still apply.

♦ Completed with a minimum grade of C. In order to use a course as a prerequisite course for course used as a prerequisite for an EEE/EEL-prefixed course, a minimum grade of C is required in the prerequisite course. Any 3000/4000-level EEL/EEE-prefixed course not taken to satisfy the breadth or depth requirement can be applied as an EE technical elective, excluding EEL 3003, which does not apply toward degree requirements.

Choose 2 courses from 2 different areas. See academic advisor for the approved lists.

Interdisciplinary Technical Electives: 3 courses

Any 3000 level or above non-ECE course in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering or, from the Math Department with an MAA, MAD, MAP, MAS prefix, or from the Physics Department with the exception of PHY 3400.

Electrical Engineering Technical Electives: 17 credits

Any 3000 level or above course in ECE, with the exception of EEL 3003 and EEL3008.